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Music Digital Nas Disses Kid Cudi And Advocates For Diddy's Freedom After Cudi's Trial Testimony Digital Nas is firmly on the Kanye West train, calling Kid Cudi out for testifying during Diddy's criminal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Keefe D Accuses Prosecutors Of Putting Family In Danger The Tupac murder trial took a personal turn when Keefe D told the court his family was being endangered. By Erika Marie August 21, 2026
Politics Kremlin Reveals If Kanye West Will Meet Vladimir Putin In Russia Kanye West will hit the stage in Russia later this year, with two shows in St. Petersburg scheduled for October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Music OVO's Smiley Disses LeBron James On New Song A Smiley bar praising Kawhi Leonard and dissing LeBron James on "10 Raccoons" has stronger context thanks to Drake's beef with Bron. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Music Mal Apologizes To J. Cole For Calling "Love Yourz" Performance "Performative" After Mal's criticism of J. Cole crying during a "Love Yourz" rendition, the context for why the moment was so special to Cole emerged. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Music Akademiks Premieres The Game & Drake Collab Off "The Documentary 3" Spoiler: It sounds fire. By Alexander Cole August 20, 2026
Sneakers Pharrell's Next Adidas Shoe Surfaces With Pusha T Pharrell was spotted rocking an unreleased Adidas shoe during a studio session with fellow hip-hop artist Pusha T. By Ben Atkinson August 20, 2026
Music Drake Responds To DJ Akademiks' Crash Out On Rob Markman And Hip-Hop Media DJ Akademiks went on a lengthy rant about Rob Markman on Monday evening, and Drake decided to send a text message. By Alexander Cole August 18, 2026
Music Eminem Delivers Heartfelt Speech At New York “STANS” Premiere Eminem recently surprised fans at the premiere of his new documentary and thanked them for their support over the years. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Karrahbooo Says Lil Yachty Still Has Her In A 360 Deal Despite Squashing Beef Last year, Karrahbooo left Concrete Boys, resulting in bullying rumors and a fiery dispute with Lil Yachty. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Lil Baby Ditches "Dominique" And Announces "The Leak$" Project Instead With Stacked Feature List Lil Baby had been teasing "Dominique" ever since the release of "WHAM" in January. That seems to be on the back burner now. By Zachary Horvath August 05, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Previews New Song In Latest Trailer For Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" A$AP Rocky will be starring alongside Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's newest film, "Highest 2 Lowest," which hits theaters this month. By Cole Blake August 04, 2025